American Pancreatic Association (APA)

The Hirshberg Foundation has been a longtime supporter of the American Pancreatic Association (APA), a membership organization for physicians and researchers interested in diseases of the pancreas founded in 1969. The mission of the APA is to foster clinical and basic science research needed to cure diseases of the pancreas including pancreatic cancer. Their annual meeting brings together an international group of scientists and clinicians to identify the best course of treatment and discuss the most up to date research results for pancreatic diseases. The annual meeting starts with the Hirshberg Opening Symposium focused on the advances in a given discipline of pancreatic cancer. In addition, the Hirshberg Foundation awards the best clinical and basic science abstract presentations at the meeting. The abstracts are published in the journal Pancreas. The International Association of Pancreatology has a joint meeting with the APA every six years while the Japan Pancreas Society holds joint meetings with the APA every five years. To learn more, visit American-Pancreatic-Association.org.

The Hirshberg Foundation also supports other scientific meetings at other academic societies including the European Pancreatic Club and Gordon’s Conferences as well as the Annual Agi Hirshberg Symposium held at the UCLA Faculty Center.